The company, which operates through the URL www.safemarkets.biz, is apparently connected to a fraudulent FX broker brand which the FCA also warned against earlier last year.

While the now-defunct firm’s website is currently not accessible, www.safemarkets.com, information from different websites that scrutinize offshore brokers shows that the firm has been handling FX and CFDs trading services under fake registration claims in Estonia.

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The two websites, together with a binary options brand called OptionStarsGlobal (still online), are allegedly operated by two Bulgarian citizens via different entities located in the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Estonia, and the UK.

FCA Eyes Possible Ban on Crypto Derivatives

The notice comes as a continuation of the FCA’s efforts to caution the public regarding trading in cryptocurrency-related derivatives, as such activities fall under the jurisdiction of the agency.

The City watchdog is already weighing a potential ban on the sale of derivatives based on cryptocurrencies, in what would be its first major intervention in the nascent market. The regulator plans to launch a consultation in the next three months on whether to prohibit the sale of derivatives, including CFDs, options and futures, based on cryptocurrency prices to retail investors.

The regulator said it had “made clear that in its view cryptoassets have no intrinsic value and investors should therefore be prepared to lose all the value they have put in.” The FCA also states that cryptoassets posed “potential future threats to financial stability.”